Smartphone use, flow and wellbeing: A case of Jekyll and Hyde

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Highlights:

• Time spent on productivity apps is positively related to wellbeing amongst Generation Z (<24 years old).

• Time spent on productivity apps has a cubic relationship with wellbeing amongst older users (≥24 years old).

• Time spent on social media is negatively related to wellbeing amongst Generation Z (<24 years old).

• Time spent on social media is positively related to wellbeing amongst older users (≥24 years old).

• The fluency dimension of flow mediates the positive and negative relationships between smartphone use and wellbeing.

摘要

•Time spent on productivity apps is positively related to wellbeing amongst Generation Z (<24 years old).•Time spent on productivity apps has a cubic relationship with wellbeing amongst older users (≥24 years old).•Time spent on social media is negatively related to wellbeing amongst Generation Z (<24 years old).•Time spent on social media is positively related to wellbeing amongst older users (≥24 years old).•The fluency dimension of flow mediates the positive and negative relationships between smartphone use and wellbeing.

论文关键词:Wellbeing,Smartphone,Social media,Flow,Screen time

论文评审过程:Received 3 April 2022, Revised 27 July 2022, Accepted 8 August 2022, Available online 13 August 2022, Version of Record 23 August 2022.

论文官网地址:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2022.107442